03 Mar 1927
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1927
Page
1
A University of Michigan alumnus General Stark criticizes the Supreme Court for its handling of the Doheny naval oil reserve scandal and a Rudner case verdict. He cites political and legal complexities, then recalls a Canton Republican rally at Wigwam and Salvation Army charity scenes on the street corner.
Homer Hill, labeled destroyer, boasts he can cancel bond interest worth 586000 by punching through each bond with a machine. He argues his methods will quell debt while urging Princeton students to heed ten commandments for business success and public life.
Fierce northwest Atlantic storm drives two ships ashore and disables three others near Cape Hatteras. Wrecked lightships drift, two coal barges break from convoys, and vessels struggle to be aided by coast guard cutters. King David refloated after grounding south of Cape Henry. City of St Louis, Filmore, and Salamerco seek aid off Virginia.
Jimmy Delaney of St Paul is dying from blood poisoning after an infected elbow from a Cincinnati bout. The hospital announced there was virtually no chance of recovery after earlier word of a poor outlook.
Senate Foreign Relations chair Borah explains he sought data directly from Mexico and other governments to verify concessions and statements by oil firms. He says the Logan act does not apply to a private citizen or a senator seeking information and cites historic exchanges by Lodge and Sumner.
King George expressed disapproval of women riding astride and bobbed hair at a hunter show in London. He did not approve of bobbed hair, yet English women show no rush to abandon long hairstyles.
Columbus March 3 Renewed efforts to raise Ohio's gasoline tax to three cents dominate discussions in the legislature A new bill drafted under house leadership proposes a one cent increase with annual revenue over 6900600 used for highway construction grade crossing elimination and Rd maintenance Senate and House committee actions also advance bills on preserving Schoenbrun site in Tuscarawas and Stark county justice jurisdiction in mayoral cases
Two alleged liquor law violators were fined a total of 450 dollars plus costs and two more were dismissed in municipal court. Thureday Lambert was fined 259 dollars and costs, John Surbain 209 dollars and costs on liquor tag charges. Several other defendants faced liquor law charges and related penalties amid a busy session.
In Washington on March 3 the 69th Congress faced near death as a 29 hour filibuster halted all Senate business over the Reed resolution and campaign investigations. Reed of Pennsylvania, Moses of New Hampshire, and Blease of South Carolina led the effort with the lame duck bloc to block extended powers.
Washington reports a 71 to 6 Senate vote approving a civil service prohibition unit after an 11 hour session. The measure already cleared both houses and now faces possible filibuster only. The Anti-Raloun Kentue hails the victory as a key step toward productive reform.
From Nice, France, a report claims Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt II may permit her estranged husband to wed Mrs. Rosamund Warburton in Paris after a divorce is finalized. Warburton, linked with Barclay H. Warburton, had been aboard Vanderbilt’s yacht on a prior cruise.
Trainloads of Shanetune soldiers move toward Sungkiane to relieve Gen Sun Chuan Fang's weary forces. Shangtung attackers reportedly plan night assault from Shangtung beyond Sung kiang led by white units. Deserters and roaming troops reported. U S Marines to parade in Chaumont. US Consul protests seizures of American shipping on Yangtse.
Police say three men attempted to break into a downtown drug store. An unidentified man was wounded or killed after a pistol battle with two officers who returned fire as the suspects fled toward a waiting automobile.
Stark county grand jury indicted former Canton officer Floyd Streitenberger as a gunman in the killing of Don R. Mellett. Witnesses including Mrs Florence J Mellett and Detective Ora Slater described plans and alibi changes tied to Louis Mazer and Pat McDermott and detailed the events before and after the murder. The McDermott confession story, given to relatives, is cited as key while McDermott remains in prison and may reveal higher ups if others are convicted.
A chimney sparked a fire in Camden causing minor damage. Fire department crews labeled the incident as a routine household blaze with limited risk to nearby structures and no injuries reported.
A police raid at 516 Tuscarawas Street led to the arrest of seventeen men on gambling charges. Officers using a tear gas gun and ladder entry found a dice game with money changing hands on the second floor, with items taken as evidence. Names and addresses of many arrestees are listed.
International News Service announces the appointment of Marc A. Kose as executive manager after his resignation as managing editor of the Buffalo Evening News. The New York office personnel remain unchanged amid the internal redistribution.
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